Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Psalms 102:21
to declare the name of the Lord in Zion, in proclaiming the Gospel of His mercy, and His praise in Jerusalem, in the midst of His holy congregation,
to declare the name of the Lord in Zion, in proclaiming the Gospel of His mercy, and His praise in Jerusalem, in the midst of His holy congregation,
Verse Psalms 102:21. _TO DECLARE THE NAME OF THE LORD_] To publish that Messenger of the Covenant in whom the name of the Lord is, that Messiah in whom the fulness of the Godhead dwelt; and to commenc...
TO DECLARE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN ZION ... - That his name might be declared in Zion, or that his praise might be set up in Jerusalem again. That is, that his people might be returned there, and his...
Psalms 102 Christ the King in His Humiliation _ 1. In the place of humiliation and dependence (Psalms 102:1)_ 2. His enemies (Psalms 102:8) 3. The set time for Zion ...
CII. The title, which is unique in the Psalter, describes the contents of Psalms 102:1 very well. So far the Ps. is the prayer of a man in extreme affliction. The same may be said of Psalms 102:23 and...
PSALMS 102 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The Prayer of a Humbled One brings a Threefold Answer of Peace. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 102:1-11, A Humbled One's Complaint. Stanza II., Psalms 102:12-17
This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -The generation to come shall praise the Lord for having loosed the groaning prisoners...
This Ps. belongs to the closing days of the exile, and utters the hope of Israel's restoration (Psalms 102:13). The Psalmist has been supposed by some to speak simply in the name of the nation, but it...
TO DECLARE] RV 'that men may declare.'...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ A YOUNG MAN WITH TROUBLE PSALMS 102 Jesus said, "Do not let trouble stay in your mind. *Believe in God and believe in me also". ...
Comp. Isaiah 61:1, and generally the whole magnificent cycle of prophetic songs at the close of Isaiah. APPOINTED TO DEATH. — See margin. LXX. and Vulg., “the sons of the slain.”...
_[Psalms 102:22]_ לְ סַפֵּ֣ר בְּ֭ צִיֹּון שֵׁ֣ם...
Psalms 102:1 Psalms 102:13 show that the psalm was written when Zion was in ruins and the time of her restoration at hand. Sadness shot with hope, as a cloud with sunlight, is the singer's mood. The p...
THE TIME TO HAVE MERCY UPON ZION Psalms 102:12 We must remember that the Holy Spirit appropriates the closing words of this psalm as addressed to our Lord. See Hebrews 1:10. This gives new point to t...
This is a song of faith triumphing over affliction. Beginning with a prayer for deliverance, and a statement of the circumstances of suffering in which he then was, together with a recognition of thos...
_Hosts. Sun, &c., which never deviate from their regular course._...
How truly lovely is it to observe, through every part of Scripture, the confirmation of the everlasting love, and unchangeable purposes of Jehovah, concerning redemption! It was this tender look of Go...
21_That the name of Jehovah may be declared in Zion _Here is celebrated a still more ample and richer fruit of this deliverance than has been previously mentioned, which is, that the Jews would not on...
Psalms 102 is one of the most, perhaps the most, remarkable of all the psalms, and presents Christ in a way divinely admirable. Verse 10 (Psalms 102:10) gives the occasion of the cry with which the ps...
TO DECLARE THE NAME OF THE LORD IN ZION,.... That is, that the prisoners and persons appointed to death, being loosed, might declare, in the church, what great things the Lord has done for them; and s...
To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; Ver. 21. _To declare the name of the Lord in Zion_] This shall be the business of the converted Gentiles, to make up one catholic...
_For he hath looked down_ Namely, upon us, and not as an idle spectator, but with an eye of pity and relief; _from the height of his sanctuary_ From his higher or upper sanctuary, namely, heaven, as t...
12-22 We are dying creatures, but God is an everlasting God, the protector of his church; we may be confident that it will not be neglected. When we consider our own vileness, our darkness and deadne...
That they being delivered might publish and celebrate the name and praises of God in his church....
Psalms 102:21 declare H5608 (H8763) name H8034 LORD H3068 Zion H6726 praise H8416 Jerusalem H3389...
CONTENTS: Sorrowful complaint of great afflictions and a believing prospect of deliverance. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The greatest ease to an afflicted spirit is to unburden itself by a...
It appears from Psalms 102:13, that this psalm was written in Babylon, and near the time of the Jewish emancipation. It is highly prophetic of the greater deliverance by the Messiah, whose law should...
_Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come unto Thee._ THOUGHTS OF COMFORT AND COMPLAINT I. Thoughts of complaint (Psalms 102:1). 1. Concerning bodily sufferings. (1) The physical anguish of lif...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:1. The title, “A Prayer of one afflicted,” makes it clear that this is an individual lament. At the same time, it is certainly not individualistic: the “I” who sings thi...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 102:18 The days of Zion’s glory lie in the future, in the time of A GENERATION TO COME. They will need this record of God’s promises and faithfulness to his people of all eras. Th...
INTRODUCTION It is impossible to determine on what occasion and by whom this Psalm was composed. Prof. Alexander and Hengstenberg regard it as a composition of David. But from internal evidence, espec...
EXPOSITION THE "title" of this psalm is altogether peculiar, being "a Prayer for the afflicted, when he faints, and pours out his complaint before Jehovah." This is clearly a general direction for the...
In Psalms 102:1-28, David begins with a prayer asking God to hear his prayer. Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline...
1 Peter 2:9; Ephesians 2:4; Ephesians 3:21; Isaiah 51:11; Psalms 22:22
To declare — That they might publish the name and praises of God in his church....